Darkbutcher79

Update, i've talked with Microsoft to see if there was anything on my end that could be causing the problem and they confirmed that it has to be a server issue.

I'll copy/paste the last email i got from HBS about it and how to fully purge all traces of the game from my system. (I didn't fix the game though) We went back to the drawing board to see if we can offer more help and here are two solutions that we hope will finally get you playing. Follow these directions for the first solution:Go into the gameDelete all save games in the load interface from Campaign and Single Player SkirmishQuit the gameAllow those changes to sync to the cloud (Steam or GOG)Quite Steam/GOG completelyRelaunch Steam/GOGTry to play the game again. If that doesn't work, these are directions to make sure you are deleting all BATTLETECH files.This should place the game in totally clean state with no saved files or lingering mod data. Find the install directory of BattleTech and delete it after they have uninstalled the game from within the Steam/GOGClient.Steam install path for Game:D:\Steam\steamapps\common\BattleTechThis directory or drive letter may be different based on the path they originally installed the game in. GOG install path for the Game: D:\GOG Galaxy\Games\BATTLETECHThis directory or drive letter may be different based on the path they originally installed the game in. Delete the BATTLETECH folder and all of it's contents.Then delete the BATTLETECH folder and all of it's contents if present on their system. C:\Users\(USERNAME)\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BATTLETECH Then launch the regedit tool (if on windows) and find and delete the BATTLETECH registry entry folder if it is present, should be here..Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Harebrained Schemes\BATTLETECH If you need help accessing that tool they can find it online herehttps://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027573/windows-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10 Reboot your computer. Re-launch Steam/GOG Re-Install the game and Play the game This is our last ditch effort to get you up and playing again. It should completely wipe the game from your Steam account and your computer so we hope it helps.

I tried that, i even bought and downloaded the game over GoG and it did the same thing. I have no idea what's wrong with it at this point. I had the mods running fine and then windows decided to do a random reboot in the middle of playing and the game has never run since. I just installed the Rogue mod that rewrites most of the game. Got it to load to the starting screen and selected new game. Again when it went to the black page with the hint box and spinning wheel in the top left corner, it just kept spinning quickly and cycling through the tips. Indefinitely. I've installed it on a different computer and same results. Both on steam and GoG... i'm a total loss and wish there was some way to fix this as i really do love this game.

Yeah, it's got to be server side. From what i've managed to learn, they keep some kind of list of mechs, components and such on the server. Once it gets updated from what's on your system, it checks for those things from then on and if it doesn't find the right files/changes in the right order it just keeps looking for them... forever. I find it hard to believe that such a horrible oversight was put into the game despite the massive modding community and interest show in such even before launch. They even led us on by saying that they weren't going to do mod support but giving us the go-ahead to change things if we liked. Still hoping HBS can find a fix to this, i've been locked out of the game since 5 days after launch now.

So far yeah, it looks that way. I'm in touch with HBS and they are looking into it. But for the moment, you're in the same boat I am. Which is to say, screwed for the time being. With the data saved on their servers, there is nothing we can do on our end to fix the problem.

Already deleted everything i could in the game, all the saved games. And it still had the same problem on a completely fresh install on a different computer... not sure what's going on with this.

Update. I installed the game on a different computer entirely and it's doing the same thing. No mods have ever touched this comp but getting the same problem. Is there anyway to purge bad data from Steam or HBS servers if it somehow got saved?

Yeah that's what i figured, but even deleting the entire folder after uninstalling doesn't fix it. Where else on my computer or their servers could the files be? I thought it was just a Steam cloud thing at first but it's doing it on the GoG download and install as well and with having never touched a mod.

Ok but how do i fix that? I've tried completely uninstalling the mods and game and reinstalling it fresh. It still does it on both Steam and GoG. Is there something saved on a server off my system or in some other file somewhere i need to remove? And the fresh install is completely mod free, on both platforms.

I installed a couple mods and my game started sticking at the loading screen. The one where you can select single player, multiplayer and skirmish. No matter which button you press when it leads to the next screen with the loading wheel and tip box. It just stays there, the background music plays and the wheel spins and the tips cycle through but it never progresses. The output log lists a lot of this below at the end. I've tried completely uninstalling the game and saved games and reloading to no avail. If anyone can help me get this fixed and working again i'd be most thankful. (Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/DebugBindings.gen.cpp Line: 51) Data.DataManager [ERROR] LoadRequest for Gear_Actuator_Clan of type UpgradeDef has an invalid manifest entry. Any requests for this object will fail. (Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/DebugBindings.gen.cpp Line: 51) Data.DataManager [ERROR] LoadRequest for Weapon_LRM_LRM20_Clan of type WeaponDef has an invalid manifest entry. Any requests for this object will fail. (Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/DebugBindings.gen.cpp Line: 51) Data.DataManager [ERROR] LoadRequest for chassisdef_centurion_CN9-CL of type ChassisDef has an invalid manifest entry. Any requests for this object will fail. (Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/DebugBindings.gen.cpp Line: 51)